My recent random rendering

 

My recent random creations

 

Guilt

 

A grey Monday morning,

 Wet farms and cloudy skies,

 Winding narrow roads ,

 Passing over broken sad looking culverts

 

 Rain pours incessantly ,

 Poor farmers toiling in paddy fields

 Barely covered ,

 Knee deep in mud,

 Sowing seeds of hope ,

 For a crop of not rice but a scanty survival

 And some joy

 In coming months

 

 And then I see ,

 Bare foot children ,

 Sharing tattered umbrellas ,

 Carrying plastic bags,

 With books - their future ,

 Barely protected

 But still smiling ,

 

 And here I am in my car ,

 Comfortable and cosily protected from the downpour ,

 Guiltily proceeding to my destination,

 

 

With pain in my heart - inexplicable escapism!

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5th July 14

 Yesterday, travelling in the ghats

 A short spell of lovely drizzle drenched the hills

 Much awaited

 And far too short of our human expectations

 

 But it made the hills

 Otherwise morbid

 Smile and wear a fresh and romantic look

 Trying to relish the brief respite

 

 The hills reciprocated with gay abandon

 Albeit scanty but

 Bloom and blossom they did

 

 In a million myriad ways

 A stream here, a green patch there

 And emitting the earthy fragrance

 

 Just a brief moist caress

 Received with gratitude

 Not worried if it would last

 And quench its thirst

 

 How I wish

 We, the humans too

 Reciprocate as warmly

 Without being doubting Thomases

 

 We accept little gestures

 Of smiles and touch

 With glee and gratitude

 And respond with all our heart

 

 The entire world would adorn

 A million colourful smiles

 Turning the whole humanity

 The Universe, animate and inanimate

 Into a joyous riot of colour and celebration

 

 Have a great smiling weekend!!

 

-Ravi Upadhye – Feeling grateful

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Turmoil

 

An uneasy calm !

 A quiet breezy evening ,

 Slips out of the day ,

 Calm , unnoticed ,

 Leaving no trace of its arrival

 

 Far away ,

 The temple bell tolls ,

 Adds solemnity ,

 To the receding daylight ,

 

 Anxious mothers ,

 Urge the kids to stop playing ,

 And head homeward ,

 

 Pensioners slowly ,

 Bid good bye for the day ,

 To their friends ,

 Hope to meet them again ,

 The next day - will they?

 Uneasy and unsure within, .

 

 Seemingly all this ,

 Runs like a well oiled machine ,

 And its so deceptively uncertain!

 Life goes on!!

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Hope

Barren hills ,

 Serious profiles ,

 Seemingly stiff upper lips ,

 So detached .

 

 Come to life today ,

 With a monsoon shower ,

 A thunder ,

 Dark clouds hover ,

 Far above them .

 

 Remind them ,

 We are as mighty ,

 And yet humble ,

 And tender too .

 

 Hills adorn a carpet of green ,

 Fireflies light up the valley ,

 And the jungle .

 

 Moon peeps between the play of showers and thunder ,

 Content with his being ignored ,

 For rain and the lightening ,

 And the fireflies have been ,

 His lifetime friends ,

 Sadly turning up

 Just for a while in the year .

 

 After all isn't this life ?

 Some constant and steady ,

 And some whiff of fresh air ,

 Breaking the monotony!

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Silence

 

An overcast sky,

 Rustling leaves outside the window ,

 Feeling of melancholy ,

 For no obvious reason ,

 A slow clock and a wandering lost mind ,

 Piercing silence with an exception of noises of nostalgia ,

 I wanna live in the present -

 And yet the scathing nostalgia

 Feels pleasant ,

 Paradox !

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A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 The parting year has left its footprints,

 Some indelible, some shall be erased

 But what would remain forever etched in my heart

 Irrespective of the umpteen years that have passed

 Is your love and affection

 You are my world my friends!!!!

 GOD BLESS

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Missing them!

 

A quiet noon

 An overcast sky

 Threshold of a weekend

 Not really for me

 But I feel happy

 For those tired souls

 Including my daughters

 Who will get a reprieve

 Which will make me happy too !

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Warm laziness

A warm afternoon

 A quiet and bright midday

 A shining and bright sunlit noon,

 Light streams into the room

 And with it comes the warmth

 

 I look out of the window

 The pond is lazing in the shadow

 Of the nearby Banyan tree

 Surrounded by fallen leaves

 

 I look all over

 Not a soul in the sight

 Except the squirrel and a few birds

 Jumping from branch to branch

 

 I too laze around

 Listening to the quietude

 A bit sleepy

 Content with a late meal

 

 There is some kind of joy within

 Of anticipation

 Of the journey ahead

 And memories of peaceful days behind me

 

 I don’t expect much

 Except a lovely morning

 A beautiful tune

 A simple meal and a siesta

 

 The warmth of the noon

 Seeps into my inner self

 It just complements the feeling within

 Of peace, joy and warmth

 

 God! You have been kind

 You gave me everything

 A simple home, a lovely companion

 And my sweet daughters!

 

 I know, it will last until you make a call

 I doze off

 Content, happy

 Grateful, reassured and carefree!!!!!!!!!!